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By Daniel Butcher<\/a><\/p>\n

As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms businesses, generative AI\u2019s text and multimedia features are exploding in popularity. Critics predict it will be a job killer, while proponents say it boosts productivity, making time for higher-level strategic thinking. Love it or hate it, though, AI will continue to become more integrated into roles and workflows. One example is using AI as a human resource management assistant.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to Academy of Management Scholar Herman Aguinis<\/a> of the George Washington University School of Business, who said that anything we say about AI today might become obsolete in even a few days.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch like when the internet started, some people said, \u2018It\u2019s a fad,\u2019 but no, it didn\u2019t go away, and AI is not going away\u2014it will continue to evolve,\u201d Aguinis said. \u201cIt\u2019s a new technology, and we have to embrace it and learn how to use it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not believe that AI will replace all jobs, but it will replace some jobs, so the key issue that we need to think about as knowledge workers is, \u2018How can I use AI to improve my performance? How can I use this tool to improve my game?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThat is for strategic issues, but also operational issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prompt is critical<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of generative AI hinges on how you ask the questions in a specific context, so if you have a lot of prior knowledge, you can ask a much better question that will result in a much better answer,\u201d Aguinis said. \u201cIf you\u2019re an educated, well-informed HR professional, you will be able to create better prompts, which will lead to much better results in the information you get from generative AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

Working with AI<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to learn how to use AI to improve our jobs and do our work faster, more efficiently,\u201d Aguinis said. \u201cIf you\u2019re a researcher, you can use it to do some proofreading, or you can upload a research report or a scientific article and then ask ChatGPT to give you a summary of some takeaways.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a manager, who has time to read very technical scientific articles?\u201d he said. \u201cMany of the scholarly articles that we publish, aren\u2019t really engaging for managers\u2014they have a lot of statistics in them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo as a manager, you can actually grab a PDF of a management article published in a scientific journal, upload it to ChatGPT, and ask, \u2018What are three or four actionable, practical takeaways that I can use from this article in my job of Chief HR Officer,\u201d or CFO, or CEO? Or \u2018What can I learn from this article that I can use to do XYZ?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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